Denver Nuggets 113, Washington Wizards 122 — Recap

December 7, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 113, Washington Wizards 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-36 WAS; Q2 DEN 28-33 WAS; Q3 DEN 36-30 WAS; Q4 DEN 20-23 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 56 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 22-of-39 shooting; Jordan Poole (WAS) 39 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 9 threes on 12-of-26 shooting; Justin Champagnie (WAS) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (WAS) 20 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-15 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

56 PTS, 16 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 22-39 FG

Scoring · WAS

Jordan Poole

39 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 9 3PM · 12-26 FG

Scoring · WAS

Justin Champagnie

23 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 56 pointsJustin Champagnie · Season-high 23 pointsJordan Poole · Season-high 9 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	29	28	36	20		113
WAS	36	33	30	23		122

🧮 How They Scored

DENWAS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%54.4%

12.3%Turnover %13.5%

38.1%Offensive rebound %31.9%

0.284Free-throw rate0.275

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	39	56	16	8	1	—	5	22-39	3-6	9-13	-1
Christian Braun G	38	14	2	—	1	1	2	7-14	0-3	—	-1
Michael Porter Jr. F	36	11	5	6	1	1	2	5-14	0-5	1-2	-10
Julian Strawther G	33	18	3	2	3	2	1	7-13	2-5	2-2	+4
Russell Westbrook G	32	7	10	12	4	1	2	3-6	0-2	1-4	-9
Peyton Watson G	26	4	2	2	1	1	1	2-5	0-1	—	-17
Jalen Pickett G	16	—	3	2	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	—
Hunter Tyson F	12	2	4	—	—	—	—	0-2	0-2	2-2	-5
DeAndre Jordan C	9	1	3	2	—	—	2	0-1	—	1-4	-6

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jordan Poole G	40	39	5	8	—	—	6	12-26	9-20	6-7	+8
Bilal Coulibaly G	40	6	6	5	4	3	—	2-9	0-3	2-2	+8
Justin Champagnie F	37	23	8	1	2	2	2	9-13	2-4	3-5	+3
Carlton Carrington G	34	10	4	6	—	—	—	4-13	2-8	—	-3
Jonas Valanciunas C	32	20	12	5	—	5	5	8-15	0-1	4-4	-1
Marvin Bagley III F	16	—	2	1	1	1	—	0-1	—	0-2	+8
Anthony Gill F	11	5	4	—	—	—	1	2-3	—	1-2	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	39	56	64.0	46.6	-2.5	23.5
Julian Strawther	Bench	33	18	64.8	17.0	+5.8	12.2
Christian Braun	Bench	38	14	50.0	16.3	-1.2	2.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	36	11	37.0	18.3	-16.3	5.5
Russell Westbrook	Bench	32	7	45.1	12.3	-13.8	11.5
Peyton Watson	Bench	26	4	40.0	10.0	-24.5	1.7
Hunter Tyson	Bench	12	2	34.7	7.7	-32.8	10.5
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	9	1	18.1	22.7	-36.5	-3.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	16	—	0.0	2.3	-6.5	3.3
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PJ Hall	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jordan Poole	Bench	40	39	67.1	34.0	+10.3	13.5
Justin Champagnie	Bench	37	23	75.7	16.8	+5.2	10.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	32	20	59.7	26.5	+0.2	13.5
Carlton Carrington	Bench	34	10	38.5	14.8	-1.4	5.8
Bilal Coulibaly	Bench	40	6	30.4	9.6	+10.2	5.8
Anthony Gill	Bench	11	5	64.4	20.0	+29.0	16.3
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	16	—	0.0	5.6	+27.7	-6.4
Corey Kispert	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0